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Shows which files in a Git repository have been modified and/or staged and what state they are in since the last commit

This is the main tool in to see the status of the files on the stage and what state they are in.

Running this command will tell you what tracked files have been added, deleted or modified since the last commit.

On a fresh repo or branch, you should see the following: 

$ git status
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

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How do you programmatically check if the local copy is behind the remote?

Currently I'm fetching the latest and then running git status and parse the output for Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master' but that feels like a hack. I've looked into using git status --porcelain but that only includes file changes made…
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git status without checking out a branch

Say I have: git fetch origin git status "remotes/origin/master" I am not sure if I can check the status of a branch that I haven't checked out, so let's say I checkout a branch like so: git branch foo "remotes/origin/master" git checkout foo git…
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Trying to understand `git diff` and `git mv` rename detection mechanism

This is a followup to another question I asked before. Before being edited, the initially created file something gets renamed to somethingelse which can be observed here: git mv something somethingelse The file somethingelse then gets renamed back…
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Git status summary

I added recursively files and folder under a folder in git and would like to know the summary (say x files, y folders). I didn't find a suitable parameter for git status. Do we have a way to get this information?
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How can I get paths relative to the current directory from git status?

I wish to use the output from git status in a script but, because the output is always giving repo-relative file paths, other commands can't find their args. This question mentioned the relativePaths option but it has no effect on output when given…
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Git-branch switching all the uncommited changes are gone

I have made so many changes in so many files in my local git repo. But when I switched the branch using mac Git-Client without committing changes a warning window came saying there are uncommitted changes so its going to abort the operation. I…
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Making `git status` ignore whitespace changes

git status shows me, that few files are modified. But when I execute git diff with any of parameters below, it's empty. --ignore-space-at-eol Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL. -b, --ignore-space-change Ignore changes in…
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git status "fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git"

I am collaborating with my teammates on a Project in which one of my teammate has uploaded our project on GitHub. I want to clone the repository into my VS Code. Here are the steps I have performed: I clicked the "Fork" button on the top right…
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How to check status of bare repo in git

I have a bare repo cloned and need to check if the repo is broken. I tried running git status, but it says: fatal: this operation must be run in a work tree. I have also tried running git gc and it returns non-zero if the repo is broken. But this…
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unable to add files with git add

I have tried to git add a file. But when I check git status, the file is still marked as "Changes not staged for commit". I have read many similar questions and I have tried everything: make sure I am in the right repository make sure there is no…
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What's the meaning of 'R087' in git diff 2 commit ids?

I try to find difference of 2 commit ids. When I git diff, it prints change status of files. 'M' means 'modify'. 'D' means 'delete'. 'A' means 'add'. But what does the 'R087' stand for? git diff f0d1122b af122334 --name-status M …
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Android Studio's git commit not seeing my modified files

I am more familiar with using git on the command line (MacOS, especially). However, I sometimes try to use the Android Studio VCS "commit", as it is sometimes slightly faster to use. The weird problem that I came across today is that Android's…
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Git Status - List only the direct subfolders with changes, not inner files

I love using Git to organize version control and backup all my web files in Wordpress. After updating plugins, I'd like to get the list of changes only on the direct subfolder by using git status. Typically if doing git status will a very long line…
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How to see status of a git submodule library?

I have a library in a git project which is a submodule, I will call it service-lib. The serivce-lib is not developed by myself or my company, and in fact I am encouraged not to edit it. How can I check the git status of this module to: Check to…
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why git status shows "working directory clean" even after I add a new file

$ git --version git version 2.5.3 $ git branch * feature/branchABC $ git status -b branchABC On branch feature/branchABC Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/feature/branchABC'. nothing to commit, working directory clean $ echo "abc" >…
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